​Lehman Sanctuary

​Hands in spring seeps holding rare 4-toed salamanders and pickerel frogs.Hands on old growth tree bark discovering tiny clinging spring peeper frogs. Gazing a hundred feet up at massive 250+ year old Eastern Pine. Hands on binoculars gazing at massive heron nests in a rare adjoining rookery. 

Located in Northeast PA's Lehman Township, the non-profit Lehman Sanctuary is a rare diverse habitat for exploration and education. We feature an old growth forested wetlands, native Prairie Grass and wildflowers meadow habitat. An "exceptional value" old growth forested wetlands, pristine waters flow into the natural trout producing stream of East Fork Harvey's Creek. , 

Scores of schools and community groups - like Wyoming Seminary, Keystone College, Wilkes and Misericordia University, visually impaired campers, developmentally challenged adults and many others learn vital STEM environmental science lessons here, and profoundly connect to nature. The Lehman Sanctuary was awarded the 2016 Environmental Partnership Award from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the 2019 Environmental Partnership Award with Misericordia University. Recent partnerships include Misericordia University, installing custom telemetry technology in the forested wetlands to monitor water quality in real time to stream this living science data into classrooms for S.T.E.M. study. 
​Our mission: To provide immersive environmental education and recreation that engages, educates and enlightens the community to their natural world, while preserving open space and natural areas. 

​Join the many schools and community groups who experience a truly rare and diverse ecosystem hands-on --- and emerge revitalized and with a new love for our natural world.